playboy19:

You are an idiiiot*. Always playing the righteous card. Bad enough for you, you didnt get the sarcasm in the quoted message. Mumu

We have been rooting for the passage of the PIB, yet nothing has been done about it for how many years now, while this barbaric bill has been swiftly attended to.

dont mind yeye ppl on n/l, one day the senate will legislate their human rights away, trust my ppl that will mean nada to them.
by the way do u guys noticed how warmly the senate voted THEMSELVES PENSION FOR LYF.
one day go be one day.

EGIN AYO U Bleep UP BIGG TIME.......U ARE A SHAME TO ONDOHOOD

This guy wan use jaguda sense. Unfortunately, these are Yoruba people who are utterly ashamed of your idiocy and the shame you have brought upon us. Say goodbye to your political relevance in Ondo state.

2moro dem go support street s3x and some go come apologìze 2 us again

Underage marriage law: Ondo Senator weeps, says he voted in error

By Abiodun Badejo on July 22, 2013
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The Senator representing Ondo State Central at the National Assembly, Senator Ayo Akinyelure today made a U-turn and begged the people of the state to forgive him for his decision to support the controversial underage marriage proposal.

The senator, who was weeping like a two year-old baby and also prostrating at a stakeholder meeting held at Adegbemile Cultural Center in Akure, where he was summoned by his constituents said he voted in error.

The Senator, popularly known as Allover, urged the people to count it as part of human errors which could have been committed by anyone.

It could be recalled that the Ondo State Senator was listed in a DailyPost report as one of the Senators who voted for underage marriage.

This popular report  also showed that the Senator was the only lawmaker from South West who supported the proposed law.

This particular stand of the lawmaker had arouse anger among his people who believe that he had betrayed them.

In order to dissociate themselves from his action, the people had earlier converged at the same venue on Saturday to show their grievances over the Senator’s action by signing a protest register.

But, Akinyelure while defending himself on the issue claimed that he mistakenly press “NO” instead of “YES” when the lawmakers embarked on voting, since the voting style was electronic.

According to him, “nobody is above human errors. What happened has made me to become wiser, because nobody is perfect, except God. I will like to make the following clarifications on the subject matter to correct the wrong allegations of voting in favour of Underage marriage as widely reported in the national dailies.

“Before this issue occurred, what the Senate considered for determination under the review of Nigerian constitution was renunciation of citizenship under the constitution contained under section 29 (4b) which provides that all married women shall be of age” it is worthy of note that full age has been defined under section 29 (4a) to mean “the age of 18 years and above”.

The question before the Senate for determination therefore, was whether the clause which provides that “a married woman is deemed to be of full age to renounce her citizenship of Federal Republic of Nigeria should be retained or be deleted? Section 29 (1) of the constitution of Federal Republic of Nigeria provides that “Any Citizen of Nigeria of full age who wishes to renounce his citizenship shall make a declaration in the prescribed manner for the renunciation.

“The question before the senate for which I voted in favour was that whether a married woman is deemed to be of full age to renounce her Nigerian Citizenship and not whether a woman can marry before attaining the age of 18 years. This is quite different from voting in favour of underage marriage as widely reported in the media to blackmail Senators of Federal Republic of Nigeria, that believe in the peaceful co-existence of Nigeria as a Nation and to avoid possible religious crises and security challenges that may likely result from deleting this clause in question from the constitution, hence, I voted for the clause to remain.



“This implies that renunciation of Nigeria Citizenship is quite different from age of marriage of Nigeria Citizens under the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. I submit this clarifications to the whole Nigeria and the world at large that, I,  my people in Ondo Central and the Government of Ondo State did not support underage marriage in all ramifications.

“Therefore, my voting “No” was in clear error of misinterpretation and I had no opportunity to correct what is deemed to be my error now, because I would have been able to correct my error before the voting was concluded by the senate. We make use of electronic vote and you can’t make correction ones you make an error.

“However, the position of the senate would have remained the same if I had voted YES to section 29 (4b) to be removed from the constitution, because for the clause to be passed by the senate, it requires 73 votes, representing two/third majority votes. Therefore, my voting YES would have brought the result to 61 YES and 34 NO, hence, not meeting the requirements for passage. I therefore, use this medium to apologize to my constituency members and the good people of Ondo state, for voting in error as a result of my wrong interpretation without any ample opportunity to make correction before voting was concluded”

Despite all these explanations given by the Senator, the people who were majorly woman and members of the ruling Labour Party ,LP, were not satisfied, and remained adamant.

Some of them who spoke at the meeting said, the Senator had taken a decision which had put the people of the state to shame.

The Idanre Local government women leader, Mrs. Abike Tiamiyu who is from the same local government of the Senator, said what the senator haD done does not call for total condemnation. However, she was booed by the people for supporting the Senator.

Akinyelure was particularly asked by Ifedore local government LP women leader, Mrs. Iyabo Ojo if the Senator took a bribe before supporting underage marriage.

The State Coordinator of the National Council for Women Society, Mrs. Kikelomo Adeniyi said any of the senator who believe he or she is a good parent will never support early marriage for a girl child.

He noted that if woman are allowed to marry at any age, when would they be able to contribute their quotas to the development of the nation.

Legalizing underage marriage is more or less preventing woman from occupying great positions in the country. We have several females in the National Assembly. If their parents had supported early marriage, would they have been able to get that position?” She asked

Meanwhile, before the arrival of the Senator and his entourage, including some government officials, the House of Assembly Members and Leaders of LP, hundreds of residents of his senatorial district had besieged the venue of the even,t protesting over the Lawmaker’s action.

Following this action, some of his loyalists were forced to disperse the protesters with stones.

Some of the placards displayed by the aggrieved people protesters had the inscriptions, “Ayo Akinyelure sold our daughters pride for money” “Allover failed to protect Yoruba Culture” “Child murder is not Yoruba Culture” Akinyelure be warned’ Yoruba Culture not for sale” among others.

It took the intervention of the Police before order was restored at the venue.

The Senator who denied that he did not send anyone to disperse the protesters, however appealed for forgiveness.

Some of the placards displayed by the aggrieved people protesters had the inscriptions, “Ayo Akinyelure sold our daughters pride for money” “Allover failed to protect Yoruba Culture” “Child murder is not Yoruba Culture” Akinyelure be warned’ Yoruba Culture not for sale” among others.

I trust my women! Tell them o! Yoruba girls are not for sale. A kin se iru e. Our girls go to school and have a life abeg!

The senator, who was weeping like a two year-old baby and also prostrating at a stakeholder meeting held at Adegbemile Cultural Center in Akure, where he was summoned by his constituents said he voted in error.

On pe ko to ke! *yimu*

all na wash .crocodile tears .
money don xchange hand. no be today naw.

Some people want to compare homosexuality and child marriage? Like really? Two consenting adults versus a pedophile and a child with no choice. There's your comparison.

Pataki: This guy wan use jaguda sense. Unfortunately, these are Yoruba people who are utterly ashamed of your idiocy and the shame you have brought upon us. Say goodbye to your political relevance in Ondo state.

he was sleeping just before the votes were being casted. the nigga being a veteran in examination malpractice just copied what a fellow senator was doing and voted........

we have some of the most incompetent bastärds in the senate.

OAM4J: Cast the vote in error?

Anyways start campaigning vigorously against child-marriage, maybe, just maybe then we will forgive you of the "error"

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I believed that Sen Ugbesia also voted in error too, considering the fact that most of our senators are "Sleepers".

Tolexander: nairaland is like a toilet built by seun, where different people(members) come to poo. The moderators are poo caretakers and the guests, flies. Unfortunately, many members fight on top poo

If i talk now,the mod go hide my post.
All dis na aboki fault, na dem dey marry underage, dem take child abuse swear 4 dem?

collynzo2: which death? The bill is still very far from being law.

What bill? That section has been in the constitution since 1979! (Courtesy of Aminu Kano) They wanted to amend the constitution to delete subsection 4b. They needed 2/3rds majority and were unable to get it.

It's too late to apologise.

Maybe Monica lewisky was under his sit while he was voting.....

ogugua88: Some people want to compare homosexuality and child marriage? Like really? Two consenting adults versus a pedophile and a child with no choice. There's your comparison.

two consenting adults do not make an action necessarily palatable. a man that leaves his wife to sleep wïth a mistress is an example of 2 consenting adults behaving badly - so in your own world, it makes their infidelity ok?

now to the child....the parents of the child give consent and sanction such marriages just like parents get to choose which school, what clothes, which religion, which food and which course to read in school..... which of these choices do a child get to make? how many of the nigerian women that were circumcised as a child wanted it?

people can't just make simplistic arguments on a very sensitive issue that has been going on for hundreds of decades. this is purely a religious practice that predates civilisation. ask yourself one question - if you were born and raised in yemen to taliban parents, what religion would you be practising today?

coogar:

he was sleeping just before the votes were being casted. the nigga being a veteran in examination malpractice just copied what a fellow senator was doing and voted........

we have some of the most incompetent bastärds in the senate.

Rotflmao!!! What do you know about examination malpractice coogar? I'm suspecting you o.

This man is a total disgrace to my state. Choi!!
He just blew his political career to smithereens with that irresponsible statement. Eejit!!

coogar:

but which one did the two holy books condemn vigorously and which one was practised back in the days? God destroyed an entire city because of their södomy. mohammed married a girl of 9, joseph married mary at 12.

so answer the question again - which is bad n which isn't?

Evidence for the bold?

kingston247: Maybe Monica lewisky was under his sit while he was voting.....

Get away. Don't make me laugh. This matter isn't one for laughs.

this guys are funny,i hope he has a girl child sha,most ofthese so called are sms alert senators who only wait for bank sms alert at the end of every month,wihtout any meaniful contributions to their constituencies; posterity will judge all of you; shikenna

Tafee: atleast this law is better than gay law

Abegi shift! The later is worse!!! Not that I am excusing the former.

taiwo br: this guys are funny,i hope he has a girl child sha,most ofthese so called are sms alert senators who only wait for bank sms alert at the end of every month,wihtout any meaniful contributions to their constituencies; posterity will judge all of you; shikenna

The time has come to
Whisk her away. At an
Age when fear of her
Period's import should not hold

Sway over her delicate mind.
And the memory of mother's
Love - should nestle like a dove
Within kind and innocent eyes.

The time has come...
The old balding senator
Face full of fat - bearing ugly hairs
His depravity and pedophillic tendencies...
Haphazardly masked
Behind veils of Religion and Tradition...

Lord I beseech thee
May his prick shrink atomic.
Let the girl child
Feel not the transition physically
After going through such mental strain.

Thrust into motherhood
Before sweet childhood has reached
Just conclusion.
Thrust into motherhood
And yet her womb should still be sealed
Her squeals caused by innocent play.

Who would save the day?
How many of you
"Proud and powerful" Nigerians
Would dare raise voice?
So few of you were to be found
When gay love was criminalized
And human rights
Pounded like oh so many yams.

How many of you will quit
The pointless yarns and defence?
How many would call a spade a spade?
How many would name and shame these satanic slaves?

How many of you would affix your
Hearts and souls
To movements aimed against
This onslaught of barbarity?
This descent into moral anarchy?

At twenty-three i'm exhausted.
The battle is far more uneven
Than David's toil against Goliath
So when push comes to shove
And poetry doesn't stick
Then my friends I shall turn
To the steady reassuring click
Of revolutionary guns.

For already enough is enough.
Say no to this devilish law.
By fire or force
For words can always be hidden
By the simplest of runz.

www.naijastorytella.com

dayokanu:
Evidence for the bold?

speak to a catholic priest or go on the internet.....

May be he was asleep when he voted in support of the bill. Our law makers are there for selfish intrest, they no longer represnt the intrest of the people that elect them into power. Yeye senseless senator.

It wasn't a Child Marriage bill, it was a constitution review. Wonder why people are getting it twisted!

dejinxyz: It wasn't a Child Marriage bill, it was a constitution review. Wonder why people are getting it twisted!

blame the naija gutter media - at the same time, yerima did not cover himself in glory. he had one chance to set the records straight once and for all and he blew it. his reply was a disgrace and this paved way for more confusion!

coogar:

two consenting adults do not make an action necessarily palatable. a man that leaves his wife to sleep wïth a mistress is an example of 2 consenting adults behaving badly - so in your own world, it makes their infidelity ok?

now to the child....the parents of the child give consent and sanction such marriages just like parents get to choose which school, what clothes, which religion, which food and which course to read in school..... which of these choices do a child get to make? how many of the nigerian women that were circumcised as a child wanted it?

people can't just make simplistic arguments on a very sensitive issue that has been going on for hundreds of decades. this is purely a religious practice that pre-dates civilisation. ask yourself one question - if you were born and raised in yemen to taliban parents, what religion would you be practising today?

How could anyone in their right mind make such a terrible argument? What you have written does not make any sense whatsoever.
Child marriage can lead to medical problems in females (e.g. incontinence) and even death because young girls are forced to give birth when their bodies aren't ready. Not to mention the psychological consequences. Gay couples, on the other hand, are in a consenting relationship, they are not forced into it and therefore carry responsibility for any consequences of that relationship.
Customs such as child marriage are outdated, dangerous practices that have only persisted because those who advocate it are ignorant. What is your excuse??

Lol, Voted in error? Sack him immediately because he is not qualified. One day he go vote in error to sell Nigeria

This is some who sits at the House of Senates.
Only if we were originators of the idea having Senators, that man wouldn't be a Councillor or a politician in the first place.